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Dark matter could color our view of the universe Dark matter has two central properties: it has mass like regular…
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Europe’s deep-sea telescope on a hunt for the origins of the universe Below the waves of the Mediterranean, Europe’s KM3NeT…
Space tech of the past, present, and future From nostalgia to imagination, space technology reaches into our past, the future,…
Monstrification For centuries we’ve used the declaration of ‘monster’ to eject individuals and groups from being respected as fully human…
Astronomers expose CO-dark molecular gas, previously invisible to telescopes An international team of astronomers has created the first-ever large-scale maps…
Condensation defying gravity From dew at dawn to a foggy mirror after a shower, condensation is part of our daily…
Researchers use NVST high-resolution data to study chromospheric fibrils around quiescent filament Using high-resolution data from the one-meter New Vacuum…
Stockholm Arlanda Airport adopts new EoR air traffic approach concept Stockholm Arlanda Airport in Sweden has become the first in…
How spacefaring nations could avoid conflict on the moon In the 1960s, Frank Sinatra’s song “Fly Me to the Moon”…
Giant magnetofossils suggest ancient ocean life had built-in ‘GPS’ and may shed light on Mars particles Some ancient marine organisms…
How we sharpened the James Webb telescope’s vision from a million kilometers away After Christmas dinner in 2021, our family…
What happened to those ‘little red dots’ Webb observed? When the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) began operations, one of…
Teegarden’s Star b: A Habitable Red Dwarf Planet? I have a number of things to say about Teegarden’s Star and…
Follow-up observations by Webb confirm GRB 250702B is most energetic cosmic explosion ever recorded Considering the immense size of the…
Stormy weather Tornados swirl throughout the Solar System, and NASA-funded researchers face budgetary storms. Go to Source Author: The latest…
A poet on Mars Could autism explain Virginia Woolf’s unique voice? Her extraordinary eye for detail and connections suggests it…
Two green comets shine bright. How to spot them in the night sky Two bright green comets are streaming through…
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Foldable solar sails could help with aerobraking and atmospheric reentry Use cases for smart materials in space exploration keep cropping…
Cirium projects $3.4tn in global aircraft deliveries through 2044 Cirium’s latest Fleet Forecast estimates that 46,500 new commercial passenger and…
Volcanic eruptions may have delivered hidden ice to Mars’s equator Explosive volcanic eruptions on early Mars may have transported water…
A Dark Object or ‘Dark Matter’? We are fortunate enough to be living in the greatest era of discovery in…
‘Space tornadoes’ could cause geomagnetic storms, but these phenomena aren’t easy to study Weather forecasting is a powerful tool. During…
Young sunlike star reveals rapid two-year magnetic cycle Scientists at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) have uncovered the…
AI networks for space settlements Artist rendering of a robotic space farm on Mars controlled by a computer network utilizing…
Event Horizon Telescope images reveal new dark matter detection method According to a new Physical Review Letters study, black holes…
Unified model explains extreme jet streams on all giant planets One of the most notable properties of the giant planets…
How to Save NASA Science: A retrospective on the second 2025 Day of Action The October 2025 Save NASA Science…
Art must act Throughout decades of writing, Harold Rosenberg exhorted artists to resist cliché and conformity and instead take action…
SpaceX targets nighttime launch of competitor Amazon’s satellites SpaceX is set to finish up its third of three contracted launches…
SpaceX targets nighttime launch of competitor Amazon’s satellites SpaceX is set to finish up its third of three contracted launches…
Mars dust devils mapped in detail, revealing faster winds than expected Combing through 20 years of images from the European…
Avinor, CAA Norway seek proposals for zero and low-emission aircraft Avinor and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Norway have issued…
Physicists detect water’s ultraviolet fingerprint in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS For millions of years, a fragment of ice and dust drifted…
With new analysis, Apollo samples brought to Earth in 1972 reveal exotic sulfur hidden in moon’s mantle When astronauts returned…
Strange ‘rogue’ planet spotted guzzling matter like a star A mysterious “rogue” planet has been observed gobbling six billion tons…
Undergrad students deploy applications to geosynchronous satellite 22,236 miles above Earth For many college students, satellites are faint dots crossing…
New telescope cuts through space noise in hunt for distant Earth-like worlds EU researchers are developing powerful new telescopes to…
Mars rock and roll A Mars rock may hold answers in the search for life, and spacecraft might roll along…
From nothing, everything The idea of nothing pushes at the limits of thought, spawning paradoxes that have long nourished art,…
New approach to gravitational wave detection opens the milli-Hz frontier Scientists have unveiled a new approach to detecting gravitational waves…
The other space race: Why the world is obsessed with sending objects into orbit Beyond the race for scientific, commercial…
Rogue Planets: A Stellar Infancy? How exoplanets emerge from circumstellar disks has always intrigued me, and many open questions remain,…
Dedicated amateur discovers supernova in remote galaxy Astronomy is increasingly becoming an online affair. Recent discoveries of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS…
Hamad International and Shenzhen Bao’an now “Sister Airports” Hamad International Airport and Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport to expand air connectivity…
Simulations show Saturn’s moon Enceladus shoots less ice into space than previous estimates In the 17th century, astronomers Christiaan Huygens…
Simulation reveals uneven water distribution in Jupiter’s turbulent atmosphere Caltech researchers have developed a new simulation of the hydrological cycle…
Rogue planet SIMP-0136 displays strong auroral activity similar to Northern Lights Strong Northern Lights-like activity is the standout feature of…
Icy planetesimal with high nitrogen and water content discovered in white dwarf’s atmosphere University of Warwick astronomers have uncovered the…
A Potential Martian Biosignature I’ve long maintained that we’ll find compelling biosignatures on an exoplanet sooner than we’ll find them…
JWST searches for stars in a glowing gas cloud Star formation is a fundamental physical process in our universe. Stars…
Award-worthy and record-breaking From photographers to science communicators, this week we celebrate some well-deserved wins. Plus, our Day of Action…
Should we edit nature? Countless species are dying from human-induced environmental change. Should we use genetic technology to alter and…
Double launch day complete with SpaceX, ULA successes A busy week on the Space Coast saw two rockets launch within…
Double launch day complete with SpaceX, ULA successes A busy week on the Space Coast saw two rockets launch within…
NASA launches mission to study sun-fueled solar bubble A NASA mission to study the heliosphere—the sun’s magnetic bubble that shields…
Exoplanets: Refining the Target List I wasn’t surprised to learn that the number of confirmed exoplanets had finally topped 6,000,…
Hamad International Airport and PKX sign deal to enhance connectivity Hamad International Airport in Qatar has formalised a partnership with…
‘Invisible’ asteroids near Venus may threaten Earth in the future An international study led by researchers at São Paulo State…
Collision between two bodies of similar mass may explain the formation of Mercury The formation of Mercury remains an unsolved…
Amateur astronomers help track asteroid to French impact site With help from amateur astronomers, scientists tracked how an asteroid traveled…
Perspectives on Mars terraforming research AI generated image of Mars in the process of being terraformed. Credit: Gemini The concept…
Webb discovers ‘The Cliff’ object that could solve red dot mystery A new class of supermassive black holes embedded in…
New NASA mission to reveal Earth’s invisible ‘halo’ A new NASA mission will capture images of Earth’s invisible “halo,” the…
Don’t stare at the Sun (unless you’re SOHO) The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory isn’t just a powerful tool for studying…
Breaking the chain The role of the conscious observer has posed a stubborn problem for quantum measurement. Phenomenology offers a…
NASA’s Deep Space Communications demo exceeds project expectations NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications technology has successfully shown that data encoded…
NASA’s Deep Space Communications demo exceeds project expectations NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications technology has successfully shown that data encoded…
NASA’s tally of planets outside our solar system reaches 6,000 The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by…
JFK Airport to debut pooled electric ground support fleet at Terminal 6 JFK airport will operate a pool of eGSE…
How NASA’s Roman mission will unveil our home galaxy using cosmic dust NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help…
Scientists detected a potential biosignature on Mars—an astrobiologist explains the findings As the Perseverance rover traversed an ancient river valley…
SETI Odds and Ends I’m catching up with a lot of papers in my backlog, prompted by a rereading yesterday…
Study finds exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e is unlikely to have a Venus- or Mars-like atmosphere In the search for habitable exoplanets, atmospheric…
Where did the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS come from? Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third ISO ever detected. It was discovered by…
Planets without plate tectonics and too little carbon dioxide could mean that technological alien life is rare The closest technological…
An exciting discovery on Mars NASA’s Perseverance rover has identified a potential biosignature on Mars. Go to Source Author: The…
Katie’s story Frontotemporal dementia is rare and ruthless. When it robbed Katie of her husband at 33, his story became…
Volcanic emissions of reactive sulfur gases may have shaped early climate of Mars, making it more hospitable to life While…
NASA fuel storage research launches aboard resupply mission Space missions rely on cryogenic fluids—extremely cold liquids like liquid hydrogen and…
‘Potential biosignatures’ found in ancient Mars lake A new study suggests a habitable past and signs of ancient microbial processes…
Stitching the Stars: Graphene’s Fractal Leap Toward a Space Elevator The advantages of a space elevator have been percolating through…
A hungry star is eating its cosmic twin at a rate never seen before A greedy white dwarf star not…
GE Aerospace and BETA Technologies collaborate on hybrid electric aviation GE Aerospace and BETA Technologies have entered into a strategic…
50 years ago, NASA sent two spacecraft to search for life on Mars. The missions’ findings are still discussed today…
Mars has a solid core, resolving a longstanding planetary mystery, according to new study Scientists have discovered that Mars has…
Image: Hubble spies galaxy with much to see While it may appear as just another spiral galaxy among billions in…
China eyes Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus in the hunt for habitability China’s Deep Space Exploration Laboratory and the Shanghai Institute…
Asia will get a prime view of this weekend’s total lunar eclipse The year’s second total lunar eclipse is coming…
Society needs hope Youths around the world are in a profound crisis of despair. Adults must help them to believe…
Vintage NASA: See Voyager’s 1990 ‘Solar System Family Portrait’ debut This week marks 48 years since the Sept. 5, 1977,…
